SANTA ANA, Calif. (AP)  Orange County authorities say firefighters found a man”s body after extinguishing a blaze at a homeless encampment under a Santa Ana bridge.

Police Corporal Anthony Bertagna says the body was discovered early Sunday in a cave-like compartment underneath the bridge where the man lived. The makeshift quarters could not be seen from the street.

The Orange County Register reports (http://bit.ly/2kkQ56w ) the body, burned beyond recognition, was retrieved by the coroner.